The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, November 18, 1905, Image 7

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ivI h hI 6 THE SUN November 18 1905 1905FLORIDAS 1905FLORl1AS 1905lolo FLORIDAS NEGLECTED INDUSTRY INDUSTRYByy By John Y Vetwiler Honorary Fish Commissionerr The eastern coast of Florida from St Augustineto Miami possesses attractive features to the tourist touristand touristIIJIll touristandand the prospective resident second to no other State Statecast StateCIlHtcast of tho Rocky Mountains The desirability of ofthe oftho ofthethe climate and tho natural food resources so abundantly abund abundantly abundulltly ¬antly distributed along the entire Atlantic coast coastfrom eoaatfrolll coastfrontfrom Foniandina l to Capo Sable demonstrates its itsadaptability itsIlIlnptnhility itsiuiuadaptability to all classes of people To the homo homoseeker homeHtolwrseeker + lcur the fact of marine food ready for the taking takingwithout takingwithout takinguvithoiitwithout the labor of preparing and tilling the soil soilto floilto soiltoto raise a crop to the tourist a resort where health healthgiving healthglvill healthgivinggiving glvill and salubrious climate permits daily outdoor outdooruxwreiso outdoorXtIIiHH outdoorexerciseexercise and which allords to those so inclined ample amplereturns amplelotmIIH amplerbttnnsreturns from a days effort with rod or gun run A Acruising AmuiHillg Afirfir cruising hunt or launch can transport by water those thosewho thosewhu thoseWhowho HO desire ovor four hundred miles by inside pas passage ¬sage through tho most desirable hunting and fishing fishinggrounds fishingglOun fishinggrountlsgrounds glOun < 1R to be found anywhere embracing varieties varietiestoto bo met with in no other section in the United UnitedStates UnitedStutes UnitedStatesStates From twentyfour to thirtysix hours by byway bywny bywayway of tho most modern and elaborate methods of oftransportation oftlllllsportntion oftransportationtransportation pormitH an enjoyment of Florida sun sunHliino sunHhino sunslliltoHliino and a balmy atmosphere during the midst of ofthe oftho ofthethe rigors of a Northern Northern winter together with tIle thohome tIlehomu thehoiiiohome advantages of tho modern hotels and boardingl houses will satisfy the most critical at an outlay outlayadapted outlayuc1nptctl outlayadaptedadapted to the desires of all classes classesAmong ola88osAmongL Among the most prominent and profitable indus industries industrios industries ¬tries that arc engaged cllgn ed in south of Daytona is that thatof thatoft of commercial fishing fiHIl1n Previous to tho advent of oftransportation oftlnnsportlltion oftransportationtransportation facilities and tho installation of ice iceand icelIltlx and refrigerating plants the waters teemed with withfish withfish withfishfish at all seasons of the year almost beyond the pos possibilities posHihiJitieH ¬f sibilities of belief Within tho last twenty years yearsand yearsHllti yearsandand sinco tho introduction of the above mentioned mentionedadvantages mentionedndvnntnges mentionedii i advantages and tho most modern appliances for tak taking taking takr ¬r r ing fish this industry has been increased to enormous enormousproportions enormousllloportions enormousproportionsproportions especially within the last few years ears and andhas andhits andhashas created lortuncs for many engaged engaged in this thisvocation thisvocation thisvocationvocation vocationThoThe principle appliances made use of on Indian Indianriver Indianriver Indianriverf river arc gill nets and seines the latter being pro prohibited prohihitml prof ¬hibited by law as destroying enormous quantities quantitiesofP of young fish but is used surreptitiously when the thowaters thewlLters thett waters are becoming depleted An exception to the theseine theHoino theBeimrseine is made in shad fishing in the St Johns river rivertho rivertho rivertltatho large mesh permitting the bottom fish to pass passthrough passthrough passthroughthrough The shad fisheries of the St Johns river riverembraces riveromhmcos riverombraeesembraces territory frond its mouth as far south as asLake asLnlm asNalcoLake Harnoy the spawning grounds of the shad shadMature sllltdMlLturo shadlitturoMature shad the results of the planting by the State StateFish Statemah StateFishFish Commission several years ago have been freI fre frequently frequently ¬I quently taken in tho Halifax river and its tribu tributaries tributaries tributaxies ¬taries Spruce creek and Tomoka TomokaFrom Tomokaa romokalrloma From statistics furnished by the United States StatesFish Statesjish Statesxx Fish Commission in 1802 for tho Gulf States the thowest thewost thevv west coast of Florida produced 48120010 pounds of offish offish ofee fish valued at 1402100 in which 0410 persons personswere personsworo personswerewere engaged the capital invested was 1045320 1045320This 1045320Jhis 1046320ThisThis docs not include the enormous quantity takenalong the east coast from New Smyrna to Key West WestIn NestIn VestInIn vessel fishing by apparatus on Gulf coast the thereport tbereport thereportreport is that Hin in the seine catch Spanish mackerel mackereloccupy mackeycl mackeycloccu1 mackereloccupyoccupy > Y first place and most of these were taken with withpurse wIthpurso withpursepurse seines in Hawks Channel on the cast coast coastduring coastduring coastduringduring January and February A recapitulation recapitulationofof the catch of these fish in fournteen counties of ofthe ofthe ofthethe west coast of Florida shows a total of 848050 848050pounds 848050pounds 848060poundspounds taken valued at 3451100 of which 33315 33315pounds 33315p 33316poundspounds p unds valued at 1074 was credited to Monroe Monroecounty 1fonloocounty Monroecountycounty It will thus be seen that the cast coast coastshould coastshould coastshouldshould have credit for at least onehalf onem r of the Span Spanish Spanish Spanish ¬ish mackerel catch that has been credited to the theGulf theGulf theGulfGulf section of the State or 424328 pounds valued valuedatat 17250 It is admitted that for conservative conservativereasonsreasons the full report of tho entire catch is is not notmade notmade notmademade public publicItIt is certain that neither the catch nor the value valueofof the commodity has deteriorated during the years1003 and 1004 and as there has been no recent recentreports recentreports recentreportsreports of the fish taken on the cast coast of Flor Florida Florida Florida ¬ida by the United States Fish Commission I am amunable mnunable innunableunable to give statistics other than an authentic authenticstatement uuthenticstatement authenticstatementstatement of tho number of barrels of fish shipped shippedbyby the Southern Express Company during the years yearH1U031003 and 1004 from Florida over the Florida divis division division division ¬ion and the southeastern division of said express expresscompany exprcsscompany expresscompanycompany The Florida division comprises the Flor Florida Jjlorida Florida ¬ida East Coast Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line Linetho IJinethe Linethethe southeastern division covers the Seaboard Air AirLino AirLin AirLinoLino Railway and the Carrabelle Tallahassee Gulf GulfRailway GulfRailway GulfRailwayRailway The aggregate of these shipments only onlywill onlywill onlywillwill be given givenSoutheastern givenSoutheastern rivenSoutheasternSoutheastern Southeastern Division 1003 31814 barrels1004 33877 barrels Net increase for year 10042003 barrels barrelsFlorida barrelslilorida barrelsFloridaFlorida Division 1003 05208 0 > > 208 barrels 1004103704 barrels Increase for year 1004 8400 8400barrels 8400barrels 8400barrelsbarrels barrelsThis barrelsfhis barrelsThisThis does not include iced fish shipped in bulk or orcarload orcarload orcarloadcarload lots lotsTho lotsrhe lotsTheThe laws governing the fish industry of the State Stateare Stateare Stateareare given but little attention as the vast area of offishproducing ofl1shproducing offishproducingfishproducing territory cannot be covered by the thepresent thepresent thepresentpresent system of wardens The repeal of the sec sections sections sections ¬tions of the statutes creating a State Fish Commis Commission Commission Commission ¬sion its duties and emoluments by tho Legislature Legislatureofof 1005 is the result of years of persistent effort effortofof those who desire to control the natural food foodresources foodresources foodresourcesresources of the State without contributing to its itsrevenues itsrevenues itsrevenuesrevenues which if controlled by suitable laws would wouldproduce wouldproduce wouldproduceproduce a revenue of 75000 annually The re receipts receipts reeoipts ¬ceipts for rents of oyster grounds by b the State of ofRhode ofthode ofRhodeRhode Island for the year 1004 was 4522258 esti estimated estimated estimated ¬mated for 1005 4737320 So far as known the thefishing thel1shing thefishingfishing and oyster industry of Florida is exempt exemptfrom exemptfrom exemptfrontfrom all taxes or liability for depleting the waters waterssave watersBit waterssavesave Bit vo possibly a personal tax on boats nets etc etcIn etcIn etcInIn some localities dynamite is used when net netfishing rietfishing netfishingfishing is not profitable by reason of the depletionof theState effort Dynamite is also used to take craw crawfish crawlIsh crawfish ¬fish in the waters of Biscayno hay and adjacent terntort terri territory territory ¬tory Outside of commercial fishing certain beauties locali localities localities ¬ties are noted no H for the abundance of fish the waters watersofof the lower Halifax and north Indian rivers where wherethe wllorethe wherethethe law is i enforced in regard to net fishing Shceps Shcepshead Shcepshead Sheepsheadhead trout redfish or bass and many others are aretaken orotl1ken aretakentaken in quantities in tho vicinity of Now Smyrna SmyrnaInlet SmyrnaInlet SmyrnaInletInlet and the intelligent tourist fishermen have haverecognized havelecoJnizt1 haverecognizedrecognized this fact to their advantage advnntagqllw advantageThoThe future of the fishing interests of Florida Floridadepend ForidadepIn FloridaIOpefddepend upon the protection given by State lay JaVot JaVotVllrdnioJ awe aweWardensWardens affect cont1ronuses com promises as they have no jurislition juris jurisdidi < lition Ii lion over tho boundaries of an adjoining county countyInIn f m tho production of oysters Florida possesses possessesinin certain localities remarkable advantages among amongwhich amongwldeh amongwhichwhich the freedom from the enemies prevalent in intho int1m inthethe North The removal of f shell from the natural naturalbeds naturalbedsbeds < 1 also nl oio undersized oysters is one of the most mostserious mostfWliotlH mostScrinlutserious impediments to successful production as asfrom asfrom asfromfrom the natural beds the supply of seed and spat spatmust spatlIHtHt spatmustmust be procured Of clams there are an abundance abundancernrn I the introduction of the soft clam of the North NorthMjn NorthJII1Mjn 111 Arcnnritt II itoi lclUlra fa where the soil is not shifting would wouldbebe profitable profitableInIn coiHwion conlu ion it might bo well to say that Florida FloridaH Ifs H i the only State possessing ample coast line over overIWOIWO miles mil s that has neglected her natural food foodproduts foodplChlt food1Ochproduts 1Och ° ts creating from them a source of revenue revenueTliis revenueJ1I1 revenue1IiTliis J1I1 neglect is rapidly resulting in a depletion of ofher oftlcrher waters wn tor = to the detriment of posterity posterityThoTho P1 present Sort status of the Florida Fish Commis Commissim CommrsHicll CommisMintMint is i one of empty honor honorafter after nearly eight years yearsofof persistent effort without an appropriation Its Itsenemies Itslntmim Itsencmlieyenemies have prevailed to the extent of repealing the thelaws theInwR thelintslaws creating it but individual effort they cannot cannotsuppress cannotRuppnsH cannotsuppresssuppress for it will be but a matter of time until untilthe untiltho untilthethe people of Florida will have their eyes opened to tothe totill tothethe magnitude of tho revenues to be derived from fromthe fromtlw fromthethe fisheries from which they are now receiving no nobenefit noIIPllPfit noenefitbenefit Should it he possible that we have one more morekilling morekiJ morekillingkilling kiJ Ii Il frost like that of 18034 the reduced valu valuation valuation valuation ¬ation of property together with the depletion of ofour ofour ofourour forests fore = t ts > would require an additional revenue to tosustain tosustain tosustainsustain the expenses of the State We will then be becompelled becompnJol1 becompelledcompelled to recognize the wealth of our waters and andcreate an1crentn andcreatecreate from them by h license a revenue greater than thanfrom tImnfrom thanfromfrom any three combined industries the State may maynow maynownow possess possessIn 1m BiSB BiSBIn R RIIn I n the meantime the correspondence relating td tdthe tdthe tothethe Fish Vi h Commission and such reports as can bd bdmnde bdmpc1t bdmodemode to the Governor under the conditions that un unfortunately unfortullnte unfortunntely ¬fortunately fortullnte exist shall bo continued as before with without without without ¬out compensation eotnpt IIln + aiinl1simply simply a contribution to the people peo people peopn ¬ple of the State of Florida by one of their number numberwho numberwho numberwhowho recognizes the laws of equity cq ity to his fellow man manand mannl1Il manandand endeavors to secure their th ir enforcement wherebyflit futurn ure generations shall enjoy that which by right rightisis their inheritcnceIAgriculture Floridas OpportunityI Conducted by W E PaborShine on fair SUN till I have bought a glass glassThat glassJ1lmt glassThatThat I may sec my shadow pass passShalespeare passShalespeareho Shakespeare ShakespeareTho>Tho ho sun and the soil together make this world worldhabitable worldhnhitnble worldLL habitable to mankind So we hope through the me medium medium me1tum ¬dium of the FLORIDA SUN to make this departmoat depart department dopartment ¬ment devoted to the soil and its generous response responsetoetc to the labor of the head and the hand of man an aninteresting anintoresting aninlerestinginteresting and profitable feature of the paper There Therearoaro shadows fIIHlo as well as sunbeams in the realm of ofthe oftho ofthethe farm the garden and the grove Each I llch have their theiruses theirUHOH theirusesuses and from each some lesson lnay nay be learned for formutual formutuill fornnutualmutual benefit So may writer and render journey journeyonon in err pleasant converse with each other as the weeks weeksroll weeksro weeksFoilroll ro on the months go by under tho shining of the theSUN theUN theSUNSUN UN W V E PAHOR PAHORtin PAnonThu Auontin The glorious sun wrote Sir David Brewster Brewsterthotho center cont l and nnt soul of our system systemtho tho lamp that thatlights thatlights thatlightslights it itthe the fire that heats it the magnet that thatguides thatguitios thatff guides and controls it tIle fountain of color which whichgives wlaiohgives whichgiVesgives its azure to the sky its verdure to the fieldsits fields fieldsits fieldsltBits rainbow hues to tho world of flowers owl rs and the pur purple purplo ¬plo light I of love to the marble check of youth and andbeauty amII andbeautybeauty I In le hwer ser degree de ree as moonlight is to sun sunlight sunlight sunlight ¬light as water is to wine may the SUN of Florida Floridashine lilor1 Floridashine < la laRhinoshine in on tho homes and into the hearts of the thotillers thetillcrs thetillerstillers of Florida soil soilA soilA soilAA recent bulletin bul1 tin from tho chemical department departmentofof the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station isIOVOtcd is isdevoted Isdevoteddevoted to Fertilizer l Suggestions that will prove of ofgroat ofglen ofww great glen t value to our farmers and fruit growers It Itwill Itwill Itwillwill bo sent free to any address nd < 1ress in Florida on appli application applicntion application ¬cation to the director Lake r ake City Fla FlaExperimentation FlaEperimentation Flas FlaExperimentationsExperimentation along tho line of creative life lifeboth lifeboth lifebothboth in animals and plants begin to suggest the pos8ibilities pos possibilities possihilitic80fgenurntion ¬sibilities sihilitic80fgenurntion of generation being within human control controlAmong oontroIAmong oontrolAniongAmong the latest is that of Professor Sotcholl ofthe of ofthe ofthethe botanical h tnnical department of the University of Cali Calfornia California CalifOlnin ¬fornia who has been experimenting with the sea seaweed Bcaweed seaweed ¬weed known as kelp and has been able to divert the thePP tflow of nutrition so as to make buds grow or die dieat dieat lieatat his will willA willA willAA paragraph recently appeared a in print statingthat Professor Webber formerly fOlllwrl of Florida has in invented invented invented ¬vented by careful study Ht1HI of pineapples s several varie varieties varinties 1arieties ¬ties which ho believes will bo very successful in this thisState thiHftate thisStateState Thus far pineapple growers have not heard heardofof them and pin their faith wisely wiso to tho two vane varieties vllrietics vaneties ¬ties known to bo a success in open field and shed cul culture cuIturoRl cultureRed ¬ture turoRl Rod Spanish and Smooth Cayenne CayenneA CnclllUAA carload of watermelon seed shipped to Califor California Cnlifornia California ¬nia from Florida The statement scorns incredible incrediblebutbut Mr Oirardoau of Jefferson County Count says sn s ho has hassent IlIHisent binssentsent such a carload not of melons mind you u of ofseed ofseed ofseedseed of a now variety arilt to Los Angeles Cal How Howmany lIowman flowmanymany man thousand acres S were required think yonThe yon youTho yonPheThe Punta Gorda Herald says Rn R the pineapple ship shipments shipments shipnients ¬ments for the season beginning I inlling in June and ending endingwith endingwith endingwithwith September amounted to 4334 crates 11 tos This Thiswould lhi lhiwouM his hiswouldwould indicate a yield illd of less Il s tnnn 70000 pines as asonly nsonl asonlyonly onl the Smooth Cayenne Cn ll1w are grown down there and andtho nmltho coldthetho average is sixteen liixh m to tho crate rntt Two yearn oltr ago agothe ngnthe agothethe Do Soto County Count yield il1tl is given g n at n t 10445 crates cratesand ern cratesand tOil tOilantIand as the Punta Gorda district grows perhaps pl ninetenths nine ninetenths nhwtenthstenths of the countys CtI1t R product plo < 1twt it would seem as if iftho ifthe ifthethe industry imlu try was falling off or else the cold seasonof season seasonof fwasonofof last winter caused a severe loss lossCuban lossCullan lossCubanCuban i iiimn oranges orangesgreenare green Artnnr are now no in in in inmarkets 1h the < he New York Yorkith York111lrklts Yorkmarketsmarkets and coming into competition ion with wit witida ith our Flor Florand Florhln Floridaida fruit They are nr shipped in barrels barrelsnext and for the thethe thelwXt thenextnext three months are likely lik to reach the tht1The States Stnt i and andaffect nnllaffect andaffectaffect the market marketi nmrketIhoThe he famous groves in and about Winter Haven Haveninin the lovely Inge ln e region re ion of Polk County rount that werest4thlished were wereestablished w wtnhliollltlestablished by h Dr F W V Inumn and have 11It ye been under underhis tIIullrhi underhishis hi care for many mum years lnr have boon transferred to a nNew aNI aNewNew NI York syndicate It is to bo hoped that the Flor Florence Florence Florencc ¬ence Villa groves will not be allowed to deteriorate deteriorateunder dourioratcunder deteriorateunderunder the new managers their success has beenk1mainly ll1ainl due to the excellent personal care given themby h Dr Inman InmanLabor InmanLnhor InmanLaborLabor is so scarce in California that theprune prunegrowers pruneg1Cl prunegroweisgrowers are experimenting with monkeys for fruit fruitpicking fruitpieldng fruitpickingpicking one man in San Jose has sent to SouthAmerica for 500 of them Then he intends to havethem trained to pick prunes off the trees the drop ¬ping fruit to be gathered by boys and girls As tho thomonkey thoJ1Ionk themonkeymonkey J1Ionk is is an imitative animal it is thought the ex experiment exIlt1im oxperil ¬periment peril lent nt may ma prove successful But suppose these thesemonkeys these1110nke thesemonkeysmonkeys 1110nke s should form a labor union what then Arethey not closely allied to that other animal manAnd if m in faroff fnr ofr India an ape can be and is em ¬played plo l to throw railroad switches surely it can betaught to shake down fruit from trees treesTho trc treesThe sThe Arcadia News thinks it is too bad that tho ILhverglndo drammge scheme could not be sidetrackedin in favor of some plan to settle people upon landsalready drained and ready for cultivation To thebystander ignorant i norant of political wire wirepullimj pulIing it wouldwin lm that for the present the need in this State < ismore inhabitants When the vast tracts of fertilesoil now awaiting the homcscckcr are settled thenwould be time to prepare more lands Has the Newsor any an other paper in Polk and De Soto Conntv Igiven a thought to the probable effect of the Okeeehobeo drainage on the lake systems of these counties countiesThe countiesThe IIThe Commissioner of Agriculture has found itmwssary n oln r to suspend Ru pond the publication puhlica tion of the MonthlyHuletin for want of funds The cause is accountedfor by h the failureof failure of the last Legislature J to providefunds for the nddi additional onal printing madenecessary bythe enactment of the Pure Feed Law 10 has necessi Itated placing the entire cost of this extra work onthe appropriation provided only for the printing ofthe he Department o of Agriculture The publication Tmhlicution of Ithe Bulletin is is therefore suspended cl for the abovereason until about January 1000 Sowe save atthe spigot flpi ot and lose atthe bungholo But then it is isContinued isContinued s sContinuedContinued on Thirteenth Page